#part of the problem is my memory of season 4 is very foggy and thats because that season just didn’t grip me like the other ones

[theriverdalereviewer]

alright anon lets talk about the handmaid’s tale season 5 episode 1 🤨

so we left off with June killing Fred and that first scene went like how I predicted it -- June is euphoric about it and moira and luke are freaked out and then her and her merry band of killers go out to eat. anyways the thing I thought seemed a little out of character with the NEW June (aka murderous, wants to end gilead, blah blah blah) is that she would not want to join the other women in helping them kill their commanders? like Im assuming shes after Serena now but when it comes to another commander, now her rational thinking starts kicking in and she thinks the plan wouldn’t be feasible...?

anyways I’ll admit they took an approach I wasn’t expecting with Emily aka alexis bledel leaving the show. I thought they would’ve just pretended like her character doesn’t exist cause thats what they did for the last two seasons but I kinda like that they surprised me. although idk how much I can believe that emily would willingly go back to gilead even if it was for revenge. like yeah her character was a very angry one but the only person unhinged enough to go back there is june

moving on june’s plot armor is solid as ever given that she can’t even be punished for killing fred cause it wasn’t on canadian soil. I mean good for her that even during her murdeorus rampage she made sure she was sticking to her borders LOL?

im gonna be honest I don’t understand anything about how this immigration situation and Serena’s status as a criminal works? like is she 100% free or were there circumstances to her being able to travel to gilead or is she just breaking the law I GENUINELY CAN’T REMEMBER! one of my main criticisms about all of this world politics storyline is I think the writers are making up the international relations between gilead canada and usa as they go.

lastly I have no idea what they want us to do about nick anymore. like you’d think with someone who now has as much power as he does and is constantly making out with June in front of everyone can basically get away with anything but noooo here he is just chilling with a new wife. I can’t even remember why he has a wife or what their plan would be?